Louis Garrel (Louis Garrel) - French actor, director and screenwriter. Louis comes from the famous French cinema family. His mother devoted his life to cinema, Bridget C, father Philip Garrel, grandfather Morris Garrel and even great-grandfather. It is not surprising that Garrel Jr. continued the tradition.
Childhood and youth
Louis was born in Paris on June 14, 1983. From childhood, the boy grew up in a movie atmosphere. Due to the profession of his parents, he was often on the set of films and behind the scenes. As a child, Louis did not want to be an actor at all; in his youth, he dreamed of a career as a lawyer. With age, the hereditary passion for cinema prevailed over the boy.
Garrel Jr. loves to talk about the fact that he decided to become an actor at the age of 15, when he became interested in paintings from the filmography of his godfather, who often visited them. The godfather of the guy Jean-Pierre Leo starred in the films of famous directors Francois Truffaut, J.L. Godard, P.P. Pazolini, B. Bertolucci, etc.
The films “The Last Tango in Paris” of 1972 directed by B. Bertolucci and the “Four hundred Beats” of 1959 directed by F. Truffaut made a strong impression on Leo. And when it came time to choose where to go to study, the guy chose the Paris Higher National Conservatory. It is worth mentioning that Louis Garrel has a sister Estelle Garrel, who also chose the acting path.
In 2004, having graduated from the conservatory, a new representative of the famous family, Louis Garrell, went to conquer the movie olimp.
Films
In fact, Louis starred in his first film for a long time, at the age of six. Then he had to play a small role in his father’s film. The painting was called "Spare Kisses." The guy’s mother and grandfather also took part in the filming of this film.
The first real role of Louis can be called a work in the film "This is my body", filmed in 2001 by director Rodolfo Marconi. “This is my body” is a dramatic tape co-produced by France and Portugal. The main female role was played by Jane Birkin. The plot of the picture tells us about a mathematics student who was bored with his gray life, and who decided to undergo tests for filming in the film. New acquaintances from the set, a new life captures the main character so much that he forgets about studying, about his girlfriend and about his parents.
Picture "Dreamers"
The famous director Bernardo Bertolucci before this film was familiar with the Garrel family and with Louis in particular. After the film “This is my body”, he looked differently at Louis, saw a talented young actor in him and invited him to play one of the main roles in his film “Dreamers”.
In this famous erotic drama, Garrell got the role of Theo - an intelligent handsome man with the tendencies of a rebel. After the release of the film, the film received a lot of positive reviews from the audience and many controversial reviews from critics.
After this film, Louis Garrel became popular and recognizable. This had the most positive effect on his future career.
On the wave of success
Each subsequent film featuring Garrell Jr. becomes an event. One after another, the pictures “My Mother” in 2004, “Permanent Lovers” in 2005, “Parisian History”, and “Prelude” in 2006 are published.
In 2006, Louis Philippe won the French César Award in the Most Promising Actor category for his starring role in the film Constant Lovers.
The role of the actor is mainly heroes-lovers. The films in which he is shot are melodramas, erotic dramas. In different years, Louis was recognized as the sexiest man in France.
The roles that he plays in the subsequent films “All songs are only about love”, “The previous night’s dream” in 2007, “Choice - to love”, “Beautiful fig tree”, “The border of dawn” in 2008, seem to the young actor of the same type and boring .
In 2008, Louis decided to try his hand at directing and writing scripts. The film "My Friends" is released on the screens, the screenwriter and director of which was Garrel Jr. A guy from the famous dynasty wants to captivate the audience not only with his appearance and acting skills, but also with his own vision of modern cinema.
In the meantime, he failed to achieve directorial fame, Louis continues to act in films as an actor.
In 2009, the film with his participation “My Girl Doesn't Want” was released, in 2010 - the films “Imaginary Love”, “Marriage of Three”.
Now Louis continues to act in films as an actor and make his films as a director.
Among his last roles - Dorant in the tape "False Confessions", Andre Savage in the tape "Stone Disease", Solal in the tape "My King".
Personal life
Many girls are interested in the question: is an attractive successful young man from the famous family of Louis Garrell free? The personal life of an actor is rarely discussed in the press. It is known that at least from 2007 to 2012 he lived in a civil marriage with actress and director Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi.
Valeria is the elder sister of Carla Bruni, the one who is married to Nicolas Sarkozy. A woman is almost 20 years older than Louis. Together they adopted a child, a girl from Senegal.
Quite often, Louis Garrel falls on the pen to reporters. Photos of this beauty also often appear in the press, which speaks of his popularity and the love of the audience.